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This drum machine plays actual drums

Since they first started appearing almost 70 years ago, rhythm boxes and drum machines have generated sounds electronically. But what if there was a drum machine that actually played the drums?

Welcome to the AP-1 Acoustic Drum Machine. No electronic beats. No samples. It holds sticks and hits drums.

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